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Old 9th May 2012, 03:23
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Alex Paterson
 
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I refer to the Incident: Vietnam A321 at Ho Chi Minh on May 6th 2012, runway excursion. I was the captain of the aircraft following the said aircraft involved in the incident. My aircraft was about 10 miles behind the Airbus. Passed through a moderate shower of rain about 7 miles from touchdown but in clear conditions by 1500'. Good visibility from then on with wind from about 210° at 10 kts. (as per METAR) Runway looked wet associate with recent heavy rain. Needless to say we were instructed to carry out a Go-around. Landed about 20 minutes later on RWY 25L.
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